Computer-based systems configured for identifying restricted reversals of operations in data entry and methods of use thereof

ABSTRACT

Systems and methods of the present disclosure enable automated identification of restrictions on reversals of data entries by receiving location data from a computing device associated with a user, and utilizing a data profile classification machine learning model to classify a particular data profile according to a data profile classification type based at least in part on a history of data entries associated with the particular data profile when the physical location is within a predetermined proximity of another physical location associated with the particular data profile. A reversal rate of data entries in the history of data entries is determined for the particular data profile. An electronic activity reversal restriction is determined where the reversal rate is below a predetermined value, and a pop-up notification is presented on the computing device notifying the user of the electronic activity reversal restriction of the particular data profile.

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FIELD OF TECHNOLOGY

The present disclosure generally relates to computer-based systems foridentifying restricted reversals of operations in data entry, includingdiscovery of data operation practices using machine learning modeling,and methods of user thereof.

BACKGROUND OF TECHNOLOGY

Various data operations may have restrictions on available operationsand electronic activities that may not be readily apparent to a user.For example, electronic transactions may be restricted from reversal,software navigation operations may be restricted from backtracking orfrom accessing certain portions of the software or system, among otherscenarios.

SUMMARY OF DESCRIBED SUBJECT MATTER

In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides an exemplarytechnically improved computer-based method that includes at least thefollowing steps of receiving, by at least one processor, location datafrom a computing device associated with a user, where the physicallocation data represents a physical location of the computing device;utilizing, by the at least one processor, a data profile classificationmachine learning model to classify a particular data profile accordingto a data profile classification type based at least in part on ahistory of data entries associated with the particular data profile whenthe physical location is within a predetermined proximity of anotherphysical location associated with the particular data profile, where thedata profile classification machine learning model includes a pluralityof classification parameters trained to identify similar entities basedat least in part on data profile-related data entries, where the dataprofile-related data entries represent data profile-related electronicactivities and data profile-related electronic activity reversals;determining, by the at least one processor, a reversal rate of dataentries in the history of data entries for the particular data profile;determining, by the at least one processor, an electronic activityreversal ranking of the data entries in the history of data entries forthe particular data profile based at least in part on the reversal rateand the data profile classification type; determining, by the at leastone processor, an electronic activity reversal restriction where theelectronic activity reversal ranking is below a predetermined value; andgenerating, by the at least one processor, a computer instruction to thecomputing device to cause a pop-up notification including the electronicactivity reversal restriction of the particular data profile to bepresented to the user.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides an exemplarytechnically improved computer-based method that includes at least thefollowing steps of receiving, by at least one processor, web browsingdata from a computing device associated with a user, where the webbrowsing data represents a website visited by the computing device;utilizing, by the at least one processor, a data profile classificationmachine learning model to classify the particular data profile accordingto a data profile classification type based at least in part on ahistory of data entries associated with the particular data profile whenthe web browsing data represents the website matching a data profilewebsite associated with a particular data profile, where the dataprofile classification machine learning model includes a plurality ofclassification parameters trained to identify similar entities based atleast in part on data profile-related data entries, where the dataprofile-related data entries represent data profile-related electronicactivities and data profile-related electronic activity reversals;determining, by the at least one processor, a reversal rate of dataentries in the history of data entries for the particular data profile;determining, by the at least one processor, an electronic activityreversal ranking of the data entries in the history of data entries forthe particular data profile based at least in part on the reversal rateand the data profile classification type; determining, by the at leastone processor, an electronic activity reversal restriction where theelectronic activity reversal ranking is below a predetermined value; andgenerating, by the at least one processor, a computer instruction to thecomputing device to cause a pop-up notification including the electronicactivity reversal restriction of the particular data profile.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides an exemplarytechnically improved computer-based system that includes at least thefollowing components of at least one processor. In some embodiments, theat least one processor is configured to execute computer instructionsthat cause the at least one processor to perform steps to: receivelocation data from a computing device associated with a user, where thephysical location data represents a physical location of the computingdevice; utilize a data profile classification machine learning model toclassify a particular data profile according to a data profileclassification type based at least in part on a history of data entriesassociated with the particular data profile when the physical locationis within a predetermined proximity of another physical locationassociated with the particular data profile, where the data profileclassification machine learning model includes a plurality ofclassification parameters trained to identify similar entities based atleast in part on data profile-related data entries, where the dataprofile-related data entries represent data profile-related electronicactivities and data profile-related electronic activity reversals;determine a reversal rate of data entries in the history of data entriesfor the particular data profile; determine an electronic activityreversal ranking of the data entries in the history of data entries forthe particular data profile based at least in part on the reversal rateand the data profile classification type; determine an electronicactivity reversal restriction where the electronic activity reversalranking is below a predetermined value; and generate a computerinstruction to the computing device to cause a pop-up notificationincluding the electronic activity reversal restriction of the particulardata profile to be presented to the user.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides exemplarytechnically improved computer-based systems and/or methods that includeaccessing, by the at least one processor, the data profile-related dataentries of each data profile in a set of entities; extracting, by the atleast one processor, electronic activity features from each dataprofile-related data entry; determining, by the at least one processor,a set of reversal data entries representing reversed electronicactivities based at least in part on the electronic activity featuresfrom each data profile related data entry; training, by the at least oneprocessor, the classification parameters of the data profileclassification machine learning model to correlate the electronicactivity features of a subset of the entities in the set of the entitiesto electronic activity reversal opportunities based at least in part onthe set of reversal data entries.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides exemplarytechnically improved computer-based systems and/or methods that includeaccessing, by the at least one processor, the data profile-related dataentries of each data profile in a set of entities; accessing, by the atleast one processor, dispute data entries representing disputed dataprofile-related data entries of the data profile-related data entries;extracting, by the at least one processor, electronic activity featuresfrom each data profile-related data entry; determining, by the at leastone processor, a set of reversal data entries representing reversedelectronic activities based at least in part on the electronic activityfeatures from each data profile related data entry; and training, by theat least one processor, the classification parameters of the dataprofile classification machine learning model to correlate theelectronic activity features and the dispute data entries of a subset ofthe entities in the set of the entities to electronic activity reversalopportunities based at least in part on the set of reversal dataentries.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides exemplarytechnically improved computer-based systems and/or methods that includewhere the particular data profile includes a merchant and the dataprofile-related data entries include transaction records.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides exemplarytechnically improved computer-based systems and/or methods that includewhere data profile-related electronic activities include transactionsassociated with the transaction records and data profile-relatedelectronic activity reversals include refunds for one or moretransactions of the data profile-related electronic activities.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides exemplarytechnically improved computer-based systems and/or methods that includewhere the data profile classification machine learning model includes aclustering model.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides exemplarytechnically improved computer-based systems and/or methods that includereceiving, by the at least one processor, user feedback datarepresenting user feedback indicating the electronic activity reversalrestriction; and training, by the at least one processor, theclassification parameters of the data profile classification machinelearning model based at least in part on the data profile classificationtype and the user feedback data.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Various embodiments of the present disclosure can be further explainedwith reference to the attached drawings, wherein like structures arereferred to by like numerals throughout the several views. The drawingsshown are not necessarily to scale, with emphasis instead generallybeing placed upon illustrating the principles of the present disclosure.Therefore, specific structural and functional details disclosed hereinare not to be interpreted as limiting, but merely as a representativebasis for teaching one skilled in the art to variously employ one ormore illustrative embodiments.

FIGS. 1-8 show one or more schematic flow diagrams, certaincomputer-based architectures, and/or screenshots of various specializedgraphical user interfaces which are illustrative of some exemplaryaspects of at least some embodiments of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Various detailed embodiments of the present disclosure, taken inconjunction with the accompanying figures, are disclosed herein;however, it is to be understood that the disclosed embodiments aremerely illustrative. In addition, each of the examples given inconnection with the various embodiments of the present disclosure isintended to be illustrative, and not restrictive.

Throughout the specification, the following terms take the meaningsexplicitly associated herein, unless the context clearly dictatesotherwise. The phrases “in one embodiment” and “in some embodiments” asused herein do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment(s), thoughit may. Furthermore, the phrases “in another embodiment” and “in someother embodiments” as used herein do not necessarily refer to adifferent embodiment, although it may. Thus, as described below, variousembodiments may be readily combined, without departing from the scope orspirit of the present disclosure.

In addition, the term “based on” is not exclusive and allows for beingbased on additional factors not described, unless the context clearlydictates otherwise. In addition, throughout the specification, themeaning of “a,” “an,” and “the” include plural references. The meaningof “in” includes “in” and “on.”

As used herein, the terms “and” and “or” may be used interchangeably torefer to a set of items in both the conjunctive and disjunctive in orderto encompass the full description of combinations and alternatives ofthe items. By way of example, a set of items may be listed with thedisjunctive “or”, or with the conjunction “and.” In either case, the setis to be interpreted as meaning each of the items singularly asalternatives, as well as any combination of the listed items.

FIGS. 1 through 8 illustrate systems and methods of restrictions in dataoperations such as the reversal of certain data operations. Thefollowing embodiments provide technical solutions and technicalimprovements that overcome technical problems, drawbacks and/ordeficiencies in the technical fields involving the execution ofelectronic activities and data entry based thereon. As explained in moredetail, below, technical solutions and technical improvements hereininclude aspects of improved machine learning models to analyzeelectronic activity histories and attributes of the data entriesrepresentative thereof to predict hidden restrictions on subsequentelectronic activities including reversal operations for data entries.Based on such technical features, further technical benefits becomeavailable to users and operators of these systems and methods. Moreover,various practical applications of the disclosed technology are alsodescribed, which provide further practical benefits to users andoperators that are also new and useful improvements in the art.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an exemplary computer-based datarestriction recognition system 100 for inferring restrictions on dataentry operations in accordance with one or more embodiments of thepresent disclosure.

In some embodiments, a data restriction recognition system 100 mayinteract with an initiator device 117 and a user device 115 to identifydata profiles that have restrictions on the operations of data entriesand preemptively warn a user of the user device 115 of the restrictions.In some embodiments, each data profile may be associated with a historyof data entries that are representative of electronic activities. Someentities associated with the data profiles may have policies orpractices to introduce restrictions on data operations that may not beapparent to the user in advance. Accordingly, in some embodiments, thedata restriction recognition system 100 may automatically recognize therestrictions established for each data profile and notify the user toinform the user's subsequent electronic activities.

In some example embodiments, the data profiles are associated withentities having physical locations, such as, e.g., stores, venues,restaurants, etc. Accordingly, in such example embodiments, the datarestriction recognition system 100 may receive data entries 118 from oneor more initiator device(s) 117. Each data entry 118 may specify one ormore electronic activities initiated by and/or at the initiator device117.

In some embodiments, the initiator device(s) 117 may include anycomputing device from electronic activities are performed or executed,such as, e.g., a terminal, personal computer or mobile computing devicefor performing Internet-based and application-based activities (e.g.,account logins, account information changes, online purchases, instantmessage communications, social media posts, among others andcombinations thereof).

In some embodiments, an electronic activity data entry may includeattributes such as, e.g., a user identifier associated with each dataentry, a third-party entity identifier associated with each data entry,an activity type identifier, an activity value or activity quantity, atime data item, a location data item, a date data item, a device type ordevice identifier associated with the initiator device(s) 117, anactivity description, or other attributes representing characteristicsof each data entry.

For example, in some embodiments, the initiator device(s) 117 mayinclude a physical terminal for performing electronic transactions, suchas, e.g., a point-of-sale device, automated teller machine (ATM) orother device. As a result of a user executing electronic activities viathe initiator device(s) 117, data entries may be produced for entry intothe user's account. For example, the electronic activity executiondevice may produce a data entry 118.

Thus, in some embodiments, the electronic activity data entry mayinclude a transaction-related activity, such as a transaction record(e.g., transaction authorization request, posted transaction, etc.). Insuch an example, the data items may include a plurality of, e.g., atransaction value, a transaction type, an account identifier or a useridentifier or both, a merchant identifier, a transaction authorizationdate, a transaction post date, a transaction location data, an executiondevice identifying data (e.g., point-of-sale device, Internet payment,etc.) among other transaction data or any combinations thereof.

In some embodiments, based on the attributes of the data entry 118, thedata entry 118 may be correlated to an entity data profile. For example,the third-party entity identifier of each data entry 118 may be matchedto one or more entity data profiles. As a result, statistic(s) and/ortrend(s) can be determined for each entity based on the entity dataprofile for each entity and the data entries 118 correlated therewith.In some embodiments, to maintain the entity data profiles and/or recorddata entries 118 therewith, each data entry 118 may be stored in astorage device 101 of the exemplary data restriction recognition system100 in an associated data profile of the third-party entity identifiedby the third-party entity identifier of each data entry 118.

In some embodiments, the storage device 101 of the data restrictionrecognition system 100 may include, e.g., a suitable memory or storagesolution(s) for maintaining electronic data entries 118 representing theelectronic activity history(ies) associated with entity. For example,the storage device 101 may include database technology such as, e.g., acentralized and/or distributed database(s), cloud storage platform,decentralized ledger/blockchain system, server or server system, amongother storage systems. In some embodiments, the storage device 101 may,additionally or alternatively, include one or more data storage devicessuch as, e.g., a hard drive, solid-state drive, flash drive, or othersuitable storage device. In some embodiments, the storage device 101may, additionally or alternatively, include one or more temporarystorage devices such as, e.g., a random-access memory, cache, buffer, orother suitable memory device, or any other storage device 101 andcombinations thereof.

In some embodiments, the data restriction recognition system 100 may usethe entity data profile of each entity to determine when each entity isof a type that may have an electronic activity reversal capability. Insome embodiments, the electronic activity reversal capability mayinclude any suitable function and/or capability that may reverse, undo,delete, remove, or otherwise negate a data entry 118 and/or electronicactivity initiated at the initiator device 117.

For example, in some embodiments, where the initiator device 117 is apoint-of-sale device and the data entry 118 is an authorization requestfor a transaction, the electronic activity reversal capability mayinclude a return and/or rebate of the transaction. In some embodiments,when a computer device and/or system associated with a merchant (e.g.,the initiator device(s) 117) may be provided with an electronic activityreversal capability including a return of a transaction may depend on atleast one of the type of merchant, the type of transaction, the type ofgoods and/or services involved in the transaction, legal and/orregulatory rules, or one or more other similarly suitable factors.However, other examples of initiator device(s) 117 with electronicactivity reversal capability may include, e.g., electronic messagerecall or deletion, web browsing activity deletion, and/or otherreversable electronic activities or any combination thereof.

Accordingly, in some embodiments, a data profile classification engine120 may be implemented by one or more processor(s) 109 to classify eachentity data profile as being associated with an entity having theelectronic activity reversal capability. In some embodiments, theprocessor(s) 109 may execute software instructions, e.g., in a systemmemory (RAM) 103, read-only memory (ROM) 111, storage device 101 or anycombination thereof that cause the processor(s) 109 to run the dataprofile classification engine 120.

In some embodiments, the term “engine” (e.g., the data profileclassification engine 120) may include at least one software componentand/or a combination of at least one software component and at least onehardware component which are designed/programmed/configured tomanage/control other software and/or hardware components (such as thelibraries, software development kits (SDKs), objects, etc.). Thehardware components may include in addition or alternatively to theprocessor(s) 109, RAM 103, ROM 111 and/or the storage device 101.

In some embodiments, the data profile classification engine 120 maycause the processor(s) 109 to access the entity data profile of eachentity in the storage device 101 to analyze the data entries 118associated with each entity. In some embodiments, the data profileclassification engine 120 implements a machine learning model toclassify according to a data profile classification type. In someembodiments, the data profile classification type may include, e.g., areversal capable data profile, not a reversal capable data profile,among other suitable data profile classification types based on theentity data profile of each entity.

In some embodiments, the machine learning model utilized by the dataprofile classification engine 120 may include any suitable classifiermodel that is configured to utilize one or more exemplary AI/machinelearning techniques chosen from, but not limited to, decision trees,boosting, support-vector machines, neural networks, nearest neighboralgorithms, Naive Bayes, bagging, random forests, and the like. In someembodiments and, optionally, in combination of any embodiment describedabove or below, an exemplary neural network technique may be one of,without limitation, feedforward neural network, radial basis functionnetwork, recurrent neural network, convolutional network (e.g., U-net)or other suitable network. In some embodiments and, optionally, incombination of any embodiment described above or below, an exemplaryimplementation of Neural Network may be executed as follows:

-   -   a. define Neural Network architecture/model,    -   b. transfer the input data to the exemplary neural network        model,    -   c. train the exemplary model incrementally,    -   d. determine the accuracy for a specific number of timesteps,    -   e. apply the exemplary trained model to process the        newly-received input data,    -   f. optionally and in parallel, continue to train the exemplary        trained model with a predetermined periodicity.

In some embodiments and, optionally, in combination of any embodimentdescribed above or below, the exemplary trained neural network model mayspecify a neural network by at least a neural network topology, a seriesof activation functions, and connection weights. For example, thetopology of a neural network may include a configuration of nodes of theneural network and connections between such nodes. In some embodimentsand, optionally, in combination of any embodiment described above orbelow, the exemplary trained neural network model may also be specifiedto include other parameters, including but not limited to, biasvalues/functions and/or aggregation functions. For example, anactivation function of a node may be a step function, sine function,continuous or piecewise linear function, sigmoid function, hyperbolictangent function, or other type of mathematical function that representsa threshold at which the node is activated. In some embodiments and,optionally, in combination of any embodiment described above or below,the exemplary aggregation function may be a mathematical function thatcombines (e.g., sum, product, etc.) input signals to the node. In someembodiments and, optionally, in combination of any embodiment describedabove or below, an output of the exemplary aggregation function may beused as input to the exemplary activation function. In some embodimentsand, optionally, in combination of any embodiment described above orbelow, the bias may be a constant value or function that may be used bythe aggregation function and/or the activation function to make the nodemore or less likely to be activated.

In some embodiments, the processor(s) 109 may implement the data profileclassification engine 120 to utilize the data profile classificationmachine learning model periodically and/or on demand. For example, thedata profile classification machine learning model may automaticallyupdate classifications for each entity data profile, e.g., once per day(e.g., overnight), once per week, once every two weeks, once everymonth, once every six months, or any other suitable period.

In some embodiments, the data profile classification machine learningmodel may be triggered automatically in response to a new entity dataprofile being created. In some embodiments, where an initiator device117 communicates a data entry 118 to the data restriction recognitionsystem 100, the data entry 118 may include a third-party entityidentifier that does not match any entity data profile in the storagedevice 101. Thus, the data restriction recognition system 100 may createa new entity data profile for the third-party entity identifier of thenew entity. As a result, the processor(s) 109 may load the data profileclassification engine 120 and utilize the data profile classificationmachine learning model to classify the new entity data profile. In someembodiments, one data entry in an entity data profile may yield a lowconfidence classification of the entity data profile. Accordingly, thedata profile classification engine 120 may be configured to determinethat a predetermined number of new data entries 118 are recorded in thenew entity data profile before triggering the data profileclassification machine learning model, such as, e.g., ten, twenty,twenty five, fifty, one hundred, two hundred, five hundred, one thousandor more or any combination thereof.

In some embodiments, the data profile classification engine 120 mayimplemented additionally or alternatively based on interactions by theuser device 115. In some embodiments, the user device 115 may includesoftware, such as, e.g., an application, applet, daemon, operatingsystem, SDK, or other software or any combination thereof that isconfigured to report location data 116 to the data restrictionrecognition system 100. For example, where the data restrictionrecognition system 100 is associated with a financial services entity(e.g., a bank or other financial services entity), the user may haveinstalled on the user device 115 an application for the financialservices entity, where the application is programmed to report thelocation data 116 to the data restriction recognition system 100.

In some embodiments, the location data 116 may include, e.g., regional,state, city, street address, building name and/or number and/or floorand/or suite identifier, latitude-longitude, location marker identifier,or other type of data identifying a location of the user device 115. Insome embodiments, the location data 116 may be produced using sensordata from, e.g., accelerometer(s), gyroscope(s), Global PositioningSystems (GPS); GPS accessed using Bluetooth™; GPS accessed using anyreasonable form of wireless and/or non-wireless communication; WiFi™server location data; Bluetooth™ based location data; triangulation suchas, but not limited to, network based triangulation, WiFi™ serverinformation based triangulation, Bluetooth™ server information basedtriangulation; Cell Identification based triangulation, Enhanced CellIdentification based triangulation, Uplink-Time difference of arrival(U-TDOA) based triangulation, Time of arrival (TOA) based triangulation,Angle of arrival (AOA) based triangulation; techniques and systems usinga geographic coordinate system such as, but not limited to, longitudinaland latitudinal based, geodesic height based, Cartesian coordinatesbased; Radio Frequency Identification such as, but not limited to, Longrange RFID, Short range RFID; using any form of RFID tag such as, butnot limited to active RFID tags, passive RFID tags, battery assistedpassive RFID tags; or any other reasonable way to determine location.For ease, at times the above variations are not listed or are onlypartially listed; this is in no way meant to be a limitation.

In some embodiments, the location data 116 may be received by theprocessor(s) 109. In some embodiments, a data profile matching engine130 of the data restriction recognition system 100 may be loaded inresponse to the location data 116 to identify one or more entity dataprofiles associated with the location identified by the location data116. In some embodiments, various entities may have physical locationsat which a user may utilize an initiator device such as the initiatordevice 117 to initiate an electronic activity (e.g., an ATM location, astore location, a parking meter or parking payment machine, etc.). Thus,a user's proximity to the physical locations may be used to alert theuser of any data entry restrictions before the user attempts to initiatethe electronic activity. For example, where the physical location is astore of an entity including a merchant of physical goods, the locationdata 116 may be matched to the physical location of store and the usermay be notified of store policies such as, e.g., the ability to returnpurchased goods for cash and/or store credit.

Accordingly, in some embodiments, the data profile matching engine 130may match the location data 116 to entity data profiles in the storagedevice 101 that have an attribute associated with the location data 116.In some embodiments, the matching may include comparing the locationdata to the location attribute of data entries in each entity dataprofile to identify entity data profiles having data entries within apredetermined proximity to the location data 116. In some embodiments,the predetermined proximity may include, e.g., less that twenty feet,less than fifty feet, less than 100 feet, less than a quarter of a mile,less than a half mile, less than a mile, or any other suitablepredetermined proximity to forewarn a user of the policies of theentities.

In some embodiments, using the location data 116 and the locationattribute of each data entry, the data profile matching engine 130 mayidentify one or more entity data profiles in the proximity of the userdevice 115. In some embodiments, the data profile matching engine 130may filter the entity data profiles according to the data profileclassification type. As described above, the data profile classificationengine 120 may classify each entity data profile based on the dataentry(ies) recorded therein as being a reversal capable data profile ornot being a reversal capable data profile.

In some embodiments, the data profile matching engine 130 may filter theentity data profiles based on pre-generated data profile classificationtypes either before or after matching the location data 116 to one ormore entity data profiles. In some embodiments, each entity data profilemay be tagged, e.g., using metadata, headers, data record flags, etc.,by the data profile classification engine 120 according to the dataprofile classification type of each entity data profile. As a result,when the data profile matching engine 130 may filter the entity dataprofiles according to the tags and match the location data 116 to theentity data profiles having the reversal capable data profile.Therefore, the data profile matching engine 130 may use the locationdata 116 from the user device 115 to identify any entities within theproximity of the user device 115 that may have data entry reversalcapability.

In some embodiments, the data restriction recognition system 100 maygenerate and transmit a notification 108 to the user device 115 based onthe identified entities. In some embodiments, the notification 108 mayinclude a list and/or map identifying each identified entity in theuser's proximity that may have data entry reversal capability. Forexample, where a user is located in an area near physical stores, thedata restriction recognition system 100 may identity and notify the uservia the user device 115 of physical stores that may be able to acceptreturns of purchases.

In some embodiments, some entities may be capable of data entry reversalto reverse electronic activities but may not or may rarely allow fordata entry reversal. Accordingly, in addition to or alternatively tonotifying the user of the entities having data entry reversalcapability, the data restriction recognition system 100 mayautomatically determine which of the entities having data entry reversalcapability in the proximity of the user device 115 have restrictions ondata entry reversal.

Accordingly, in some embodiments, a data entry reversal engine 140 mayanalyze the data entries associated with each entity data profile taggedas a reversal capable data profile. Thus, in some embodiments, the dataentry reversal engine 140 may filter the entity data profiles to selectthe entity data profiles tagged as reversal capable data profiles. Insome embodiments, the data entry reversal engine 140 may access the dataentries of each selected entity data profile and identify data entriesthat have subsequent reversal data entries.

In some embodiments, the data entry reversal engine 140 may, for eachselected entity data profile, compare the attributes of each data entryto each other data entry. Where a data entry in a particular selectedentity data profile has attributes that match a later (e.g., in time)data entry in the same selected entity data profile and having areversed quantity, value, amount or other quantification, the later dataentry may be identified as a reversal of the earlier data entry.

In some embodiments, the data entry reversal engine 140 may compare theactivity value or activity quantity attributes, the location data items,activity description, the user identifier attributes, among otherattributes between an earlier data entry and each later data entry. Insome embodiments, by comparing an earlier data entry with each later intime data entry, the data entry reversal engine 140 may determine asimilarity of each pair of data entries.

In some embodiments, data entries may be matched according to a measureof similarity of individual or combinations of attributes represented inthe data entries. In some embodiments, the measure of similarity mayinclude, e.g., an exact match or a predetermined similarity scoreaccording to, e.g., Jaccard similarity, Jaro-Winkler similarity, Cosinesimilarity, Euclidean similarity, Overlap similarity, Pearsonsimilarity, Approximate Nearest Neighbors, K-Nearest Neighbors, amongother similarity measure. The predetermined similarity score may be anysuitable similarity score according to the type of electronic activityto identify a measured attribute of any two data entries as the same.

In some embodiments, similarity may be measured between each individualattribute separately, and the respective similarity scores summed,averaged, or otherwise combined to produce a measure of similarity oftwo data entries. In some embodiments, the similarity may instead or inaddition be measured for a combination of the device identifier, devicetype identifier and location identify. For example, a hash or group keymay be generated by combining the device identifier, device typeidentifier and location identify. The hash may include a hashfunctioning that takes as input each of attribute or a subset ofattributes of a particular data entry. The group key may be produced bycreating a single string, list, or value from combining each of, e.g., astring, list or value representing each individual attribute of theparticular data entry. The similarity between two data entries may thenbe measured as the similarity between the associated hashes and/or groupkeys. The measured similarity may then be compared against thepredetermined similarity score to determine candidate data entries thatare candidates as matching to each other.

In some embodiments, the data entry reversal engine 140 may implementrules for matching a pair of data entries. In some embodiments, a firstrule may include that the activity value or activity quantity attributesof each data entry of the pair of data entries may have opposite values(e.g., one data entry having a positive amount and one data entry havinga negative amount, or any other suitable type of opposite values).

In some embodiments, the data entry reversal engine 140 may iterativelysearch through each data entry of an entity data profile to compare eachdata entry with each later in time data entry in the entity dataprofile. Thus, each data entry having an associated reversal data entrycan be identified by restricting the comparison to the data entries thatoccurred later in time.

In some embodiments, the data entry reversal engine 140 may use thepairs of data entry and reversal data entry of each entity data profileto determine a reversal metric for each entity, thus characterizing thelikelihood of the entity allowing reversals versus not allowingreversals. In some embodiments, the reversal metric may include anysuitable statistical metric of data entry reversals, such as, e.g.,reversal rates over predetermined time intervals (e.g., each week, eachtwo weeks, each month, each fiscal or calendar quarter, each fiscal orcalendar half, each fiscal or calendar year, among other intervals orany combination thereof), number of reversal data entries per number oftotal data entries, number of reversal data entries per number of dataentries not having an associated reversal data entry, among metrics orany combination thereof.

In some embodiments, the data entry reversal engine 140 may compare thereversal metric to a predetermined threshold value to determine when aparticular entity has an electronic activity reversal restriction. Insome embodiments, where the reversal metrics is below the predeterminedthreshold value, the particular entity initiates reversal data entriesto reverse electronic activities at a rate low enough to indicate thatthe particular entity does not allow for electronic activity reversals.For example, where the entity is a merchant, the merchant may rarelyallow returns of electronic payments even where the merchant's initiatordevice(s) 117 is of a type that allows returns on purchases, howeverother examples may be included (e.g., cloud storage file sharing,network communications, social media communications, etc.).

In some embodiments, the predetermined threshold value may include,e.g., a relative measure. The reversal metric of each entity dataprofile may be compared to, e.g., rank each entity. The rank may includea ranked list where a higher rate of reversals increases the rank in thelist, or may be percentile based, where the distribution of reversalmetrics across entities is used to determine the percentile in rate ofreversals for each entity. In some embodiments, where a particularentity is ranked in, e.g., a bottom 10 percent, bottom 20 percent,bottom 25 percent, etc., of the ranked list and/or distribution, theparticular entity may be identified as having an electronic activityreversal restriction.

In some embodiments, the ranked list and/or distribution may be updatedby the data entry reversal engine 140 periodically or on demand, orboth. For example, the data entry reversal engine 140 may determine thedistribution and/or ranked list of reversal metrics across entity dataprofiles on a period basis, e.g., every day, every night, every week,every month, every fiscal or calendar quarter, every fiscal or calendarhalf, every fiscal or calendar year, or any combination thereof.

In some embodiments, the predetermined threshold value may be astatistically determined reversal rate based on each entity, each entityof a particular type, each entity in a particular geographic region, orother grouping of entities that may relate to reversal rate. In someembodiments, the statistically determined reversal rate may include,e.g., an average reversal rate, a median reversal rate, a standarddeviation of an average or median reversal rate, a regression ofreversal rate, or other statistical measure or any combination thereof.In some embodiments, the statistically determined reversal rate may bedetermined on a moving time window basis, e.g., continuously orperiodically updated with data entries 118 in a most recent window oftime, where the window of time may include, e.g., one week, two weeks,three weeks, four weeks, one month, two months, three months, fourmonths, six months, 12 months, two years, three years, or other suitabletime window for statistically determining a threshold rate of reversalor any multiple and/or combination thereof.

In some embodiments, separate predetermined threshold values may bedetermined for separate groupings of entity data profiles. For example,entity data profiles for entities within similar geographic regions maybe more likely to have similar rates of reversals. In some embodiments,a similar geographic region may include, e.g., the same state, the sametime zone, the same city or town, the same national region (e.g., theNortheast, New England, Mid-West, West Coast, etc.), same zip code, orother geographic regions. For another example, entity data profiles forentities within similar categories of entities may have similar rates ofreversals. In some embodiments, a similar category may include, e.g., amerchant category code (MCC) for merchants, an entity size (e.g.,according to number of employees, number of physical locations, total anumber of data entries, revenue, etc.), or other grouping of entities orany combination thereof.

In some embodiments, where the entities in the proximity of the userdevice 115 based on the location data 116 include one or more entitieshaving an, electronic activity reversal restriction the data restrictionrecognition system 100 may update the notification 108 or generate a newnotification 108 to indicate the electronic activity reversalrestriction for each entity. As a result, the user may be alerted toreversal-capable entities that restrict reversals.

As a result, in some embodiments, the user may be provided withautomated alert(s) concern entity restrictions, such as electronicactivity reversal restrictions, that would otherwise rely on readinglong, complicated policies. In some embodiments, the data profileclassification engine 120, the data profile matching engine 130 and thedata entry reversal engine 140 are orchestrated to leverage existingbehavior data to predict the electronic activity reversal restrictions,obviating the need for more resource intensive processes such as naturallanguage processing and web crawling. Instead, the aspects of thepresent embodiments enable inferring the existence of electronicactivity reversal restrictions with efficient computer engines andmodels for dynamic and real-time alerts to the user device 115 while inthe proximity of entities.

FIG. 2 illustrates a flowchart of another illustrative methodology forthe data restriction recognition system 100 for inferring restrictionson data entry operations in accordance with one or more embodiments ofthe present disclosure.

In some embodiments, the data profile classification engine 120 mayreceive the data entries 118 for one or more entity data profiles. Usinga data profile classification model 222, the data profile classificationengine 120 may generate an annotation predicting the capability of eachentity data profile for electronic activity reversals. In someembodiments, the data profile classification engine 120 may use asuitable classification machine learning model to ingest features ofeach data entry 118 in each entity data profile. In some embodiments,the features may include, e.g., one or more feature vector(s) encodingattributes such as, e.g., a user identifier associated with each dataentry, a third-party entity identifier associated with each data entry,an activity type identifier, an activity value or activity quantity, atime data item, a location data item, a date data item, a device type ordevice identifier associated with the initiator device(s) 117, anactivity description, or other attributes representing characteristicsof each data entry.

In some embodiments, the data profile classification model 222 mayinclude parameters trained to correlate the features to when the entitydata profile associated with the features has capability for electronicactivity reversals. Accordingly, the data profile classification model222 may ingest the features of each data entry in a particular entitydata profile and output an annotation as having the capability forelectronic activity reversal or not having the capability for electronicactivity reversal. In some embodiments, the data profile classificationengine 120 may tag the particular entity data profile with theannotation to identify the particular entity data profile as having thecapability for electronic activity reversal or not. The data profileclassification engine 120 may tag each entity data profile based on thedata entries 118 associated with entity data profile.

In some embodiments, a data profile matching engine 130 may ingest thelocation data 116 form the user device 115 and the entity data profilestagged as having the capability for electronic activity reversal. Insome embodiments, the user device 115 may be in a proximity 201 tophysical entity locations. Accordingly, a data profile locationextraction 232 may extract a location attribute of each data entry ineach entity data profiles tagged as having the capability for electronicactivity reversal. As a result, the data profile location extraction 232may include determining an entity location of each entity data profilebased on the location attributes of the data entries 118.

In some embodiments, where an entity data profile has data entries 118with different locations, the data profile matching engine 130 may splitthe entity data profile according to the different locations to createlocation-specific entity data profiles for each location of each entitydata profile. In some embodiments, each entity data profile, includinglocation-specific entity data profiles, may be tagged with theassociated location to create entity-location data profiles.

In some embodiments, the nearby entity data profiles may undergo a dataprofile location comparison to location data 234. In some embodiments,the data profile matching engine 130 may receive the location data 116and identify the proximity 201. For example, the proximity 201 mayinclude a distance of, e.g., within a mile, within half a mile, within aquarter of a mile, within 100 yards, within 50 yards, within 25 yards,within 10 yards, or other suitable distance, of a location of the userdevice 115. The location data 116 may identify the location of the userdevice 115, and thus the data profile location extraction 232 maydetermine the proximity 201 as an area within a radius of the locationdata 116 defined by the distance.

In some embodiments, based on the proximity, the data profile matchingengine 130 may test the location attribute of each entity-location dataprofiles. In some embodiments, the data profile location extraction 232may select nearby entity data profiles associated with theentity-location data profiles that are within the proximity 201 based onthe proximity and the location attribute. Accordingly, in someembodiments, the data profile matching engine 130 may output a dataentry set 202 having nearby entity data profiles tagged as having thecapability for electronic activity reversal that include data entries118 for entity locations within the proximity 201.

In some embodiments, the data entry set 202 may be provided to a dataentry reversal engine 140. In some embodiments, the data entry reversalengine 140 may analyze each entity-location data profile of the dataentry set 202 to determine a reversal metric for each entity-locationdata profile. Accordingly, the data entry reversal engine 140 mayperform a reversal rate determine for the data entry set 242.Accordingly, in some embodiments, a data entry reversal engine 140 mayanalyze the data entries associated with each entity-location dataprofile of the data entry set 202. In some embodiments, the data entryreversal engine 140 may access the data entries of each entity-locationdata profile of the data entry set 202 and identify one or more dataentries that have a subsequent reversal data entry.

In some embodiments, the data entry reversal engine 140 may, for eachentity-location data profile, compare the attributes of each data entryto each other data entry. Where a data entry in a particularentity-location data profile has attributes that match a later (e.g., intime) data entry in the same selected entity data profile and having areversed quantity, value, amount or other quantification, the later dataentry may be identified as a reversal of the earlier data entry.

In some embodiments, data entries may be matched according to a measureof similarity of individual or combinations of attributes represented inthe data entries. In some embodiments, the measure of similarity mayinclude, e.g., an exact match or a predetermined similarity scoreaccording to, e.g., Jaccard similarity, Jaro-Winkler similarity, Cosinesimilarity, Euclidean similarity, Overlap similarity, Pearsonsimilarity, Approximate Nearest Neighbors, K-Nearest Neighbors, amongother similarity measure. The predetermined similarity score may be anysuitable similarity score according to the type of electronic activityto identify a measured attribute of any two data entries as the same.

In some embodiments, similarity may be measured between each individualattribute separately, and the respective similarity scores summed,averaged, or otherwise combined to produce a measure of similarity oftwo data entries. In some embodiments, the similarity may instead or inaddition be measured for a combination of the device identifier, devicetype identifier and location identify. For example, a hash or group keymay be generated by combining the device identifier, device typeidentifier and location identify. The hash may include a hashfunctioning take as input each of attribute or a subset of attributes ofa particular data entry. The group key may be produced by creating asingle string, list, or value from combining each of, e.g., a string,list or value representing each individual attribute of the particulardata entry. The similarity between two data entries may then be measuredas the similarity between the associated hashes and/or group keys. Themeasured similarity may then be compared against the predeterminedsimilarity score to determine candidate data entries that are candidatesas matching to each other.

In some embodiments, the data entry reversal engine 140 may implementrules for reversal rate determination for the data entry set 242 thatdefine limits on when a pair of data entries are a match regardless ofsimilarity score. In some embodiments, a first rule may include that theactivity value or activity quantity attributes of each data entry of thepair of data entries may have opposite values (e.g., one data entryhaving a positive amount and one data entry having a negative amount, orany other suitable type of opposite values).

In some embodiments, the data entry reversal engine 140 may iterativelysearch through each data entry of an entity-location data profile of thedata entry set 202 to compare each data entry with each later in timedata entry in the entity data profile. Thus, each data entry having anassociated reversal data entry can be identified by restricting thecomparison to the data entries that occurred later in time.

In some embodiments, the data entry reversal engine 140 may use thepairs of data entry and reversal data entry of each entity-location dataprofile to perform a reversal ranking determination 244. In someembodiments, by ranking each entity-location data profile according to areversal metric, the data entry reversal engine 140 may determine arelative likelihood of each entity-location data profile to enableelectronic activity reversal.

In some embodiments, to rank the entity-location data profiles of thedata entry set 202, the data entry reversal engine 140 may determine areversal metric for each entity-location data profile. In someembodiments, the reversal metric may include any suitable statisticalmetric of data entry reversals, such as, e.g., reversal rates overpredetermined time intervals (e.g., each week, each two weeks, eachmonth, each fiscal or calendar quarter, each fiscal or calendar half,each fiscal or calendar year, among other intervals or any combinationthereof), number of reversal data entries per number of total dataentries, number of reversal data entries per number of data entries nothaving an associated reversal data entry, among metrics or anycombination thereof.

In some embodiments, the data entry reversal engine 140 may compare thereversal metric to a predetermined threshold to perform a reversalrestriction determination 246. For example, where the entity is amerchant, the merchant may rarely allow returns of electronic paymentseven where the merchant is of a type that allows returns on purchases,however other examples may be included (e.g., cloud storage filesharing, network communications, social media communications, etc.).

In some embodiments, the predetermined threshold of the reversalrestriction determination 246 may include, e.g., a relative measure. Thereversal metric of each entity data profile may be compared to, e.g.,rank each entity. The rank may include a ranked list where a higher rateof reversals increases the rank in the list, or may be percentile based,where the distribution of reversal metrics across entities is used todetermine the percentile in rate of reversals for each entity. In someembodiments, where a particular entity is ranked in, e.g., a bottom 10percent, bottom 20 percent, bottom 25 percent, etc., of the ranked listand/or distribution, the particular entity may be identified as havingan electronic activity reversal restriction.

In some embodiments, where the entities in the proximity of the userdevice 115 based on the location data 116 include one or more entitieshaving an, electronic activity reversal restriction the data restrictionrecognition system 100 may update the notification 108 or generate a newnotification 108 to indicate the electronic activity reversalrestriction for each entity. As a result, the user may be alerted toreversal-capable entities that restrict reversals.

FIG. 3 illustrates a flowchart of another illustrative methodology forthe data restriction recognition system 100 for inferring restrictionson data entry operations in accordance with one or more embodiments ofthe present disclosure.

In some embodiments, the data profile classification engine 120 mayreceive the data entries 118 for one or more entity data profiles. Insome embodiments, a data profile classification engine 120 may ingestthe data entries 118 of each entity data profile. Accordingly, a dataprofile location extraction 321 extract a location attribute of eachdata entry in each entity data profiles. As a result, the data profilelocation extraction 321 may include determining an entity location ofeach entity data profile based on the location attributes of the dataentries 118.

In some embodiments, where an entity data profile has data entries 118with different locations, the data profile classification engine 120 maysplit the entity data profile according to the different locations tocreate location-specific entity data profiles for each location of eachentity data profile. In some embodiments, each entity data profile,including location-specific entity data profiles, may be tagged with theassociated location to create entity-location data profiles.

In some embodiments, using a data profile classification model 322, thedata profile classification engine 120 may generate an annotationpredicting the capability of each entity-location data profile forelectronic activity reversals. In some embodiments, the data profileclassification engine 120 may use a suitable classification machinelearning model to ingest features of each data entry 118 in each entitydata profile. In some embodiments, the features may include, e.g., oneor more feature vectors encoding attributes such as, e.g., a useridentifier associated with each data entry, a third-party entityidentifier associated with each data entry, an activity type identifier,an activity value or activity quantity, a time data item, a locationdata item, a date data item, a device type or device identifierassociated with the initiator device(s) 117, an activity description, orother attributes representing characteristics of each data entry.

In some embodiments, the data profile classification model 322 mayinclude parameters trained to correlate the features to when theentity-location data profile associated with the features has capabilityfor electronic activity reversals. Accordingly, the data profileclassification model 322 may ingest the features of each data entry in aparticular entity-location data profile and output an annotation ashaving the capability for electronic activity reversal or not having thecapability for electronic activity reversal. In some embodiments, thedata profile classification engine 120 may tag the particular entitydata profile with the annotation to identify the particularentity-location data profile as having the capability for electronicactivity reversal or not. The data profile classification engine 120 maytag each entity-location data profile based on the data entries 118associated with entity-location data profile.

In some embodiments, the data profile classification engine 120 mayoutput the entity-location data profiles tagged with respectivelocations and as having the capability for electronic activity reversal.In some embodiments, the entity-location data profiles may be providedto a data entry reversal engine 140. In some embodiments, the data entryreversal engine 140 may analyze each entity-location data profile todetermine a reversal metric for each entity-location data profile.Accordingly, the data entry reversal engine 140 may perform a reversalrate determine for the data entry set 342. Accordingly, in someembodiments, a data entry reversal engine 140 may analyze the dataentries associated with each entity-location data profile. In someembodiments, the data entry reversal engine 140 may access the dataentries of each entity-location data profile and identify one or moredata entries that have a subsequent reversal data entry.

In some embodiments, the data entry reversal engine 140 may, for eachentity-location data profile, compare the attributes of each data entryto each other data entry. Where a data entry in a particularentity-location data profile has attributes that match a later (e.g., intime) data entry in the same selected entity data profile and having areversed quantity, value, amount or other quantification, the later dataentry may be identified as a reversal of the earlier data entry.

In some embodiments, data entries may be matched according to a measureof similarity of individual or combinations of attributes represented inthe data entries. In some embodiments, the measure of similarity mayinclude, e.g., an exact match or a predetermined similarity scoreaccording to, e.g., Jaccard similarity, Jaro-Winkler similarity, Cosinesimilarity, Euclidean similarity, Overlap similarity, Pearsonsimilarity, Approximate Nearest Neighbors, K-Nearest Neighbors, amongother similarity measure. The predetermined similarity score may be anysuitable similarity score according to the type of electronic activityto identify a measured attribute of any two data entries as the same.

In some embodiments, similarity may be measured between each individualattribute separately, and the respective similarity scores summed,averaged, or otherwise combined to produce a measure of similarity oftwo data entries. In some embodiments, the similarity may instead or inaddition be measured for a combination of the device identifier, devicetype identifier and location identify. For example, a hash or group keymay be generated by combining the device identifier, device typeidentifier and location identify. The hash may include a hashfunctioning take as input each of attribute or a subset of attributes ofa particular data entry. The group key may be produced by creating asingle string, list, or value from combining each of, e.g., a string,list or value representing each individual attribute of the particulardata entry. The similarity between two data entries may then be measuredas the similarity between the associated hashes and/or group keys. Themeasured similarity may then be compared against the predeterminedsimilarity score to determine candidate data entries that are candidatesas matching to each other.

In some embodiments, the data entry reversal engine 140 may implementrules for reversal rate determination for the data entry set 342 thatdefine limits on when a pair of data entries are a match regardless ofsimilarity score. In some embodiments, a first rule may include that theactivity value or activity quantity attributes of each data entry of thepair of data entries may have opposite values (e.g., one data entryhaving a positive amount and one data entry having a negative amount, orany other suitable type of opposite values).

In some embodiments, the data entry reversal engine 140 may iterativelysearch through each data entry of an entity-location data profile tocompare each data entry with each later in time data entry in theentity-location data profile. Thus, each data entry having an associatedreversal data entry can be identified by restricting the comparison tothe data entries that occurred later in time.

In some embodiments, the data entry reversal engine 140 may use thepairs of data entry and reversal data entry of each entity-location dataprofile to perform a reversal ranking determination 344. In someembodiments, by ranking each entity-location data profile according to areversal metric, the data entry reversal engine 140 may determine arelative likelihood of each entity-location data profile to enableelectronic activity reversal.

In some embodiments, to rank the entity-location data profiles of thedata entry set 302, the data entry reversal engine 140 may determine areversal metric for each entity-location data profile. In someembodiments, the reversal metric may include any suitable statisticalmetric of data entry reversals, such as, e.g., reversal rates overpredetermined time intervals (e.g., each week, each two weeks, eachmonth, each fiscal or calendar quarter, each fiscal or calendar half,each fiscal or calendar year, among other intervals or any combinationthereof), number of reversal data entries per number of total dataentries, number of reversal data entries per number of data entries nothaving an associated reversal data entry, among metrics or anycombination thereof.

In some embodiments, the data entry reversal engine 140 may compare thereversal metric to a predetermined threshold to perform a reversalrestriction determination 346. For example, where the entity is amerchant, the merchant may rarely allow returns of electronic paymentseven where the merchant is of a type that allows returns on purchases,however other examples may be included (e.g., cloud storage filesharing, network communications, social media communications, etc.).

In some embodiments, the predetermined threshold of the reversalrestriction determination 346 may include, e.g., a relative measure. Thereversal metric of each entity data profile may be compared to, e.g.,rank each entity. The rank may include a ranked list where a higher rateof reversals increases the rank in the list, or may be percentile based,where the distribution of reversal metrics across entities is used todetermine the percentile in rate of reversals for each entity. In someembodiments, where a particular entity is ranked in, e.g., a bottom 10percent, bottom 30 percent, bottom 35 percent, etc., of the ranked listand/or distribution, the particular entity may be identified as havingan electronic activity reversal restriction.

In some embodiments, the ranked list and/or distribution may be updatedby the data profile classification engine 120 and the data entryreversal engine 140 periodically or on demand, or both. For example, thedata profile classification engine 120 may update the classification ofeach entity-location data profile, and the data entry reversal engine140 may determine the distribution and/or ranked list of reversalmetrics across entity-location data profiles on a periodic basis, e.g.,every day, every night, every week, every month, every fiscal orcalendar quarter, every fiscal or calendar half, every fiscal orcalendar year, or any combination thereof.

In some embodiments, upon ranking each entity-location data profile, thedata entry reversal engine 140 may output a data entry set 302 havingeach entity-location data profile having an electronic activity reversalrestriction where each entity-location data profile includes a reversalmetric. In some embodiments, the data entry set 302 may include, e.g.,each entity-location data profile having the reversal metric below thepredetermined threshold and tagged as having the electronic activityreversal restriction. In some embodiments, the data entry set 302 may beprovided directly to the data profile matching engine 130, or may bestored, e.g., in the storage device 101 for later access by the dataprofile matching engine 130. By tagging the entity-location dataprofiles with the electronic activity reversal restriction, theentity-location data profiles with electronic activity reversalrestrictions may be easily searched and identified for access by dataprofile matching engine 130.

In some embodiments, the entity-location entity data profiles with theelectronic activity reversal restriction may undergo a data profilelocation comparison to location data 334. In some embodiments, the dataprofile matching engine 130 may receive the location data 116 andidentify the proximity 301. For example, the proximity 301 may include adistance of, e.g., within a mile, within half a mile, within a quarterof a mile, within 100 yards, within 50 yards, within 35 yards, within 10yards, or other suitable distance, of a location of the user device 115.The location data 116 may identify the location of the user device 115,and thus the data profile location extraction 334 may determine theproximity 301 as an area within a radius of the location data 116defined by the distance.

In some embodiments, based on the proximity, the data profile matchingengine 130 may test the location attribute of each entity-location dataprofiles. In some embodiments, the data profile location extraction 334may select nearby entity data profiles associated with theentity-location data profiles that are within the proximity 301 based onthe proximity and the location attribute.

In some embodiments, where the entities in the proximity of the userdevice 115 based on the location data 116 include one or more entitieshaving an, electronic activity reversal restriction the data restrictionrecognition system 100 may update the notification 108 or generate a newnotification 108 to indicate the electronic activity reversalrestriction for each entity. As a result, the user may be alerted toreversal-capable entities that restrict reversals.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of another exemplary data profileclassification engine 120 for the data restriction recognition system100 for inferring restrictions on data entry operations in accordancewith one or more embodiments of the present disclosure.

In some embodiments, the data profile classification engine 120 mayutilize the data profile classification model 422 to predict a dataprofile classification 403 for an entity data profile based on the dataentry attributes 401 of data entries in the entity data profile. In someembodiments, the data entry attributes 401 may be provided to the dataprofile classification engine 120 as a feature vector and/or featuremap. In some embodiments, the feature vector and/or feature map mayinclude, e.g., the data entry attributes 401 of a particular data entry,or a concatenation of the data entry attributes 401 of data entries inthe entity data profile. In some embodiments, the feature vector and/orfeature map may be pre-constructed and provided to the data profileclassification engine 120, or the data profile classification engine 120may include a feature selector and/or feature extractor to generate thefeature vector and/or feature map upon receiving the data entryattributes 401.

In some embodiments, the data entry attributes 401 may be provided forthe data profile classification engine 120 in, e.g., a rolling timewindow to update the data profile classification 403 on a current set ofdata entries to account for changes in electronic activity reversals andrestrictions thereof. For example, in some embodiments, the featurevector and/or feature map may include a concatenation of the dataattributes 401 of data entries in a predetermined time span in theentity data profile (e.g., in the last week, last two weeks, last month,last two months, last three months, last four months, last six months,last eight months, last ten months, last year, last two years, etc.).

In some embodiments, to train the data profile classification model 422,the data profile classification model 422 generate predictions for dataentry attributes 401 that are paired with data profile labels 402labeling the entity data profile associated with the data entryattributes 401 according to when the entity data profile has anelectronic activity reversal capability. Thus, the data attributes 401and the data profile labels 402 form a ground truth training dataset.Accordingly, in some embodiments, the data profile classification model422 may ingest the data entry attributes 401, output the data profileclassification 403 and train parameters of the data profileclassification model 422 according to a difference between the dataprofile classification 403 and the data profile labels 402.

In some embodiments, the data profile classification model 422 ingeststhe feature vector and/or feature map and produces a prediction of adata profile classification 403 for each feature vector and/or map. Insome embodiments, to produce this prediction, the data profileclassification model 422 may include a machine learning model includinga classification model, such as, e.g., a convolutional neural network(CNN), a Naive Bayes classifier, decision trees, random forest, supportvector machine (SVM), K-Nearest Neighbors, or any other suitablealgorithm for a classification model. In some embodiments, forcomputational efficiency while preserving accuracy of predictions, thedata profile classification model 422 may advantageously include arandom forest classification model

Accordingly, the data profile classification model 422 ingests a featurevector and processes the attributes encoded therein using theclassification model to produce a model output vector. In someembodiments, the model output vector may be decoded to generate a labelincluding the data profile classification 403.

In some embodiments, the model output vector may include or may bedecoded to reveal a numerical output, e.g., a probability value between0 and 1. In some embodiments, the probability value may indicate adegree of probability that entity data profile of the feature vector isof a type that is capable of initiating electronic activity reversals(“an electronic activity reversal capability” or “reversal capableentity data profile”). In some embodiments, the data profileclassification model 422 may test the probability value against aprobability threshold, where a probability value greater than theprobability threshold indicates, e.g., that the entity data profile is areversal capable entity data profile, or that the entity data profile isnot a reversal capable entity data profile. For example, the probabilitythreshold can be, e.g., greater than 0.5, greater than 0.6, greater than0.7, greater than 0.8, greater than 0.9, or other suitable thresholdvalue. In some embodiments, the data profile classification model 422may produce the data profile classification 403 based on the probabilityvalue and the probability threshold. For example, the data profileclassification 403 may include a classification as a reversal capableentity data profile where the probability value is greater than theprobability threshold. However, the data profile classification model422 may be configured such that the data profile classification 403 mayinclude a classification as not a reversal capable entity data profilewhere the probability value is greater than the probability threshold.

In some embodiments, the data profile classification model 422 may betrained based on the data profile classification 403 and the dataprofile labels 402. Based on the difference between the data profileclassification 403 and the data profile labels 402, the parameters ofthe classification model of the data profile classification model 422may be updated to improve the accuracy of the data profileclassification 403 in subsequent predictions.

In some embodiments, training is performed using the optimizer 424. Insome embodiments, the data profile classification 403 may be fed back tothe optimizer 424. The optimizer 424 may also ingest the data profilelabels 402. In some embodiments, the optimizer 424 may employ a lossfunction, such as, e.g., Hinge Loss, Multi-class SVM Loss, Cross EntropyLoss, Negative Log Likelihood, or other suitable classification lossfunction. The loss function determines an error based on the dataprofile labels 402 and the data profile classification 403. In someembodiments, the optimizer 424 may, e.g., backpropagate the error to thedata profile classification model 422 to update the parameters using,e.g., gradient descent, heuristic, convergence or other optimizationtechniques and combinations thereof.

FIG. 5 depicts a block diagram of an exemplary computer-based system andplatform 500 in accordance with one or more embodiments of the presentdisclosure. However, not all of these components may be required topractice one or more embodiments, and variations in the arrangement andtype of the components may be made without departing from the spirit orscope of various embodiments of the present disclosure. In someembodiments, the illustrative computing devices and the illustrativecomputing components of the exemplary computer-based system and platform500 may be configured to manage a large number of members and concurrenttransactions, as detailed herein. In some embodiments, the exemplarycomputer-based system and platform 500 may be based on a scalablecomputer and network architecture that incorporates varies strategiesfor assessing the data, caching, searching, and/or database connectionpooling. An example of the scalable architecture is an architecture thatis capable of operating multiple servers.

In some embodiments, referring to FIG. 5 , member computing device 502,member computing device 503 through member computing device 504 (e.g.,clients) of the exemplary computer-based system and platform 500 mayinclude virtually any computing device capable of receiving and sendinga message over a network (e.g., cloud network), such as network 505, toand from another computing device, such as servers 506 and 507, eachother, and the like. In some embodiments, the member devices 502-504 maybe personal computers, multiprocessor systems, microprocessor-based orprogrammable consumer electronics, network PCs, and the like. In someembodiments, one or more member devices within member devices 502-504may include computing devices that typically connect using a wirelesscommunications medium such as cell phones, smart phones, pagers, walkietalkies, radio frequency (RF) devices, infrared (IR) devices, GB-scitizens band radio, integrated devices combining one or more of thepreceding devices, or virtually any mobile computing device, and thelike. In some embodiments, one or more member devices within memberdevices 502-504 may be devices that are capable of connecting using awired or wireless communication medium such as a PDA, POCKET PC,wearable computer, a laptop, tablet, desktop computer, a netbook, avideo game device, a pager, a smart phone, an ultra-mobile personalcomputer (UMPC), and/or any other device that is equipped to communicateover a wired and/or wireless communication medium (e.g., NFC, RFID,NBIOT, 3G, 4G, 5G, GSM, GPRS, WiFi, WiMax, CDMA, OFDM, OFDMA, LTE,satellite, ZigBee, etc.). In some embodiments, one or more memberdevices within member devices 502-504 may include may run one or moreapplications, such as Internet browsers, mobile applications, voicecalls, video games, videoconferencing, and email, among others. In someembodiments, one or more member devices within member devices 502-504may be configured to receive and to send web pages, and the like. Insome embodiments, an exemplary specifically programmed browserapplication of the present disclosure may be configured to receive anddisplay graphics, text, multimedia, and the like, employing virtuallyany web based language, including, but not limited to StandardGeneralized Markup Language (SMGL), such as HyperText Markup Language(HTML), a wireless application protocol (WAP), a Handheld Device MarkupLanguage (HDML), such as Wireless Markup Language (WML), WMLScript, XML,JavaScript, and the like. In some embodiments, a member device withinmember devices 502-504 may be specifically programmed by either Java,.Net, QT, C, C++, Python, PHP and/or other suitable programminglanguage. In some embodiments of the device software, device control maybe distributed between multiple standalone applications. In someembodiments, software components/applications can be updated andredeployed remotely as individual units or as a full software suite. Insome embodiments, a member device may periodically report status or sendalerts over text or email. In some embodiments, a member device maycontain a data recorder which is remotely downloadable by the user usingnetwork protocols such as FTP, SSH, or other file transfer mechanisms.In some embodiments, a member device may provide several levels of userinterface, for example, advance user, standard user. In someembodiments, one or more member devices within member devices 502-504may be specifically programmed include or execute an application toperform a variety of possible tasks, such as, without limitation,messaging functionality, browsing, searching, playing, streaming ordisplaying various forms of content, including locally stored oruploaded messages, images and/or video, and/or games.

In some embodiments, the exemplary network 505 may provide networkaccess, data transport and/or other services to any computing devicecoupled to it. In some embodiments, the exemplary network 505 mayinclude and implement at least one specialized network architecture thatmay be based at least in part on one or more standards set by, forexample, without limitation, Global System for Mobile communication(GSM) Association, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), and theWorldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) forum. In someembodiments, the exemplary network 505 may implement one or more of aGSM architecture, a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) architecture, aUniversal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) architecture, and anevolution of UMTS referred to as Long Term Evolution (LTE). In someembodiments, the exemplary network 505 may include and implement, as analternative or in conjunction with one or more of the above, a WiMAXarchitecture defined by the WiMAX forum. In some embodiments and,optionally, in combination of any embodiment described above or below,the exemplary network 505 may also include, for instance, at least oneof a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), the Internet,a virtual LAN (VLAN), an enterprise LAN, a layer 3 virtual privatenetwork (VPN), an enterprise IP network, or any combination thereof. Insome embodiments and, optionally, in combination of any embodimentdescribed above or below, at least one computer network communicationover the exemplary network 505 may be transmitted based at least in parton one of more communication modes such as but not limited to: NFC,RFID, Narrow Band Internet of Things (NBIOT), ZigBee, 3G, 4G, 5G, GSM,GPRS, WiFi, WiMax, CDMA, OFDM, OFDMA, LTE, satellite and any combinationthereof. In some embodiments, the exemplary network 505 may also includemass storage, such as network attached storage (NAS), a storage areanetwork (SAN), a content delivery network (CDN) or other forms ofcomputer or machine readable media.

In some embodiments, the exemplary server 506 or the exemplary server507 may be a web server (or a series of servers) running a networkoperating system, examples of which may include but are not limited toApache on Linux or Microsoft IIS (Internet Information Services). Insome embodiments, the exemplary server 506 or the exemplary server 507may be used for and/or provide cloud and/or network computing. Althoughnot shown in FIG. 5 , in some embodiments, the exemplary server 506 orthe exemplary server 507 may have connections to external systems likeemail, SMS messaging, text messaging, ad content providers, etc. Any ofthe features of the exemplary server 506 may be also implemented in theexemplary server 507 and vice versa.

In some embodiments, one or more of the exemplary servers 506 and 507may be specifically programmed to perform, in non-limiting example, asauthentication servers, search servers, email servers, social networkingservices servers, Short Message Service (SMS) servers, Instant Messaging(IM) servers, Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) servers, exchangeservers, photo-sharing services servers, advertisement providingservers, financial/banking-related services servers, travel servicesservers, or any similarly suitable service-base servers for users of themember computing devices 501-504.

In some embodiments and, optionally, in combination of any embodimentdescribed above or below, for example, one or more exemplary computingmember devices 502-504, the exemplary server 506, and/or the exemplaryserver 507 may include a specifically programmed software module thatmay be configured to send, process, and receive information using ascripting language, a remote procedure call, an email, a tweet, ShortMessage Service (SMS), Multimedia Message Service (MMS), instantmessaging (IM), an application programming interface, Simple ObjectAccess Protocol (SOAP) methods, Common Object Request BrokerArchitecture (CORBA), HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol), REST(Representational State Transfer), SOAP (Simple Object TransferProtocol), MLLP (Minimum Lower Layer Protocol), or any combinationthereof.

FIG. 6 depicts a block diagram of another exemplary computer-basedsystem and platform 600 in accordance with one or more embodiments ofthe present disclosure. However, not all of these components may berequired to practice one or more embodiments, and variations in thearrangement and type of the components may be made without departingfrom the spirit or scope of various embodiments of the presentdisclosure. In some embodiments, the member computing device 602 a,member computing device 602 b through member computing device 602 nshown each at least includes a computer-readable medium, such as arandom-access memory (RAM) 608 coupled to a processor 610 or FLASHmemory. In some embodiments, the processor 610 may executecomputer-executable program instructions stored in memory 608. In someembodiments, the processor 610 may include a microprocessor, an ASIC,and/or a state machine. In some embodiments, the processor 610 mayinclude, or may be in communication with, media, for examplecomputer-readable media, which stores instructions that, when executedby the processor 610, may cause the processor 610 to perform one or moresteps described herein. In some embodiments, examples ofcomputer-readable media may include, but are not limited to, anelectronic, optical, magnetic, or other storage or transmission devicecapable of providing a processor, such as the processor 610 of client602 a, with computer-readable instructions. In some embodiments, otherexamples of suitable media may include, but are not limited to, a floppydisk, CD-ROM, DVD, magnetic disk, memory chip, ROM, RAM, an ASIC, aconfigured processor, all optical media, all magnetic tape or othermagnetic media, or any other medium from which a computer processor canread instructions. Also, various other forms of computer-readable mediamay transmit or carry instructions to a computer, including a router,private or public network, or other transmission device or channel, bothwired and wireless. In some embodiments, the instructions may comprisecode from any computer-programming language, including, for example, C,C++, Visual Basic, Java, Python, Perl, JavaScript, and etc.

In some embodiments, member computing devices 602 a through 602 n mayalso comprise a number of external or internal devices such as a mouse,a CD-ROM, DVD, a physical or virtual keyboard, a display, or other inputor output devices. In some embodiments, examples of member computingdevices 602 a through 602 n (e.g., clients) may be any type ofprocessor-based platforms that are connected to a network 606 such as,without limitation, personal computers, digital assistants, personaldigital assistants, smart phones, pagers, digital tablets, laptopcomputers, Internet appliances, and other processor-based devices. Insome embodiments, member computing devices 602 a through 602 n may bespecifically programmed with one or more application programs inaccordance with one or more principles/methodologies detailed herein. Insome embodiments, member computing devices 602 a through 602 n mayoperate on any operating system capable of supporting a browser orbrowser-enabled application, such as Microsoft™ Windows™, and/or Linux.In some embodiments, member computing devices 602 a through 602 n shownmay include, for example, personal computers executing a browserapplication program such as Microsoft Corporation's Internet Explorer™,Apple Computer, Inc.'s Safari™, Mozilla Firefox, and/or Opera. In someembodiments, through the member computing client devices 602 a through602 n, user 612 a, user 612 b through user 612 n, may communicate overthe exemplary network 606 with each other and/or with other systemsand/or devices coupled to the network 606. As shown in FIG. 6 ,exemplary server devices 604 and 613 may include processor 605 andprocessor 614, respectively, as well as memory 617 and memory 616,respectively. In some embodiments, the server devices 604 and 613 may bealso coupled to the network 606. In some embodiments, one or more membercomputing devices 602 a through 602 n may be mobile clients.

In some embodiments, at least one database of exemplary databases 607and 615 may be any type of database, including a database managed by adatabase management system (DBMS). In some embodiments, an exemplaryDBMS-managed database may be specifically programmed as an engine thatcontrols organization, storage, management, and/or retrieval of data inthe respective database. In some embodiments, the exemplary DBMS-manageddatabase may be specifically programmed to provide the ability to query,backup and replicate, enforce rules, provide security, compute, performchange and access logging, and/or automate optimization. In someembodiments, the exemplary DBMS-managed database may be chosen fromOracle database, IBM DB2, Adaptive Server Enterprise, FileMaker,Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and a NoSQLimplementation. In some embodiments, the exemplary DBMS-managed databasemay be specifically programmed to define each respective schema of eachdatabase in the exemplary DBMS, according to a particular database modelof the present disclosure which may include a hierarchical model,network model, relational model, object model, or some other suitableorganization that may result in one or more applicable data structuresthat may include fields, records, files, and/or objects. In someembodiments, the exemplary DBMS-managed database may be specificallyprogrammed to include metadata about the data that is stored.

In some embodiments, the exemplary inventive computer-basedsystems/platforms, the exemplary inventive computer-based devices,and/or the exemplary inventive computer-based components of the presentdisclosure may be specifically configured to operate in a cloudcomputing/architecture 625 such as, but not limiting to: infrastructurea service (IaaS) 810, platform as a service (PaaS) 808, and/or softwareas a service (SaaS) 806 using a web browser, mobile app, thin client,terminal emulator or other endpoint 804. FIGS. 7 and 8 illustrateschematics of exemplary implementations of the cloudcomputing/architecture(s) in which the exemplary inventivecomputer-based systems/platforms, the exemplary inventive computer-baseddevices, and/or the exemplary inventive computer-based components of thepresent disclosure may be specifically configured to operate.

It is understood that at least one aspect/functionality of variousembodiments described herein can be performed in real-time and/ordynamically. As used herein, the term “real-time” is directed to anevent/action that can occur instantaneously or almost instantaneously intime when another event/action has occurred. For example, the “real-timeprocessing,” “real-time computation,” and “real-time execution” allpertain to the performance of a computation during the actual time thatthe related physical process (e.g., a user interacting with anapplication on a mobile device) occurs, in order that results of thecomputation can be used in guiding the physical process.

As used herein, the term “dynamically” and term “automatically,” andtheir logical and/or linguistic relatives and/or derivatives, mean thatcertain events and/or actions can be triggered and/or occur without anyhuman intervention. In some embodiments, events and/or actions inaccordance with the present disclosure can be in real-time and/or basedon a predetermined periodicity of at least one of: nanosecond, severalnanoseconds, millisecond, several milliseconds, second, several seconds,minute, several minutes, hourly, several hours, daily, several days,weekly, monthly, etc.

As used herein, the term “runtime” corresponds to any behavior that isdynamically determined during an execution of a software application orat least a portion of software application.

In some embodiments, exemplary inventive, specially programmed computingsystems and platforms with associated devices are configured to operatein the distributed network environment, communicating with one anotherover one or more suitable data communication networks (e.g., theInternet, satellite, etc.) and utilizing one or more suitable datacommunication protocols/modes such as, without limitation, IPX/SPX,X.25, AX.25, AppleTalk™, TCP/IP (e.g., HTTP), near-field wirelesscommunication (NFC), RFID, Narrow Band Internet of Things (NBIOT), 3G,4G, 5G, GSM, GPRS, WiFi, WiMax, CDMA, satellite, ZigBee, and othersuitable communication modes.

In some embodiments, the NFC can represent a short-range wirelesscommunications technology in which NFC-enabled devices are “swiped,”“bumped,” “tap” or otherwise moved in close proximity to communicate. Insome embodiments, the NFC could include a set of short-range wirelesstechnologies, typically requiring a distance of 10 cm or less. In someembodiments, the NFC may operate at 13.56 MHz on ISO/IEC 18000-3 airinterface and at rates ranging from 106 kbit/s to 424 kbit/s. In someembodiments, the NFC can involve an initiator and a target; theinitiator actively generates an RF field that can power a passivetarget. In some embodiments, this can enable NFC targets to take verysimple form factors such as tags, stickers, key fobs, or cards that donot require batteries. In some embodiments, the NFC's peer-to-peercommunication can be conducted when a plurality of NFC-enable devices(e.g., smartphones) within close proximity of each other.

The material disclosed herein may be implemented in software or firmwareor a combination of them or as instructions stored on a machine-readablemedium, which may be read and executed by one or more processors. Amachine-readable medium may include any medium and/or mechanism forstoring or transmitting information in a form readable by a machine(e.g., a computing device). For example, a machine-readable medium mayinclude read only memory (ROM); random access memory (RAM); magneticdisk storage media; optical storage media; flash memory devices;electrical, optical, acoustical or other forms of propagated signals(e.g., carrier waves, infrared signals, digital signals, etc.), andothers.

As used herein, the terms “computer engine” and “engine” identify atleast one software component and/or a combination of at least onesoftware component and at least one hardware component which aredesigned/programmed/configured to manage/control other software and/orhardware components (such as the libraries, software development kits(SDKs), objects, etc.).

Examples of hardware elements may include processors, microprocessors,circuits, circuit elements (e.g., transistors, resistors, capacitors,inductors, and so forth), integrated circuits, application specificintegrated circuits (ASIC), programmable logic devices (PLD), digitalsignal processors (DSP), field programmable gate array (FPGA), logicgates, registers, semiconductor device, chips, microchips, chip sets,and so forth. In some embodiments, the one or more processors may beimplemented as a Complex Instruction Set Computer (CISC) or ReducedInstruction Set Computer (RISC) processors; x86 instruction setcompatible processors, multi-core, or any other microprocessor orcentral processing unit (CPU). In various implementations, the one ormore processors may be dual-core processor(s), dual-core mobileprocessor(s), and so forth.

Computer-related systems, computer systems, and systems, as used herein,include any combination of hardware and software. Examples of softwaremay include software components, programs, applications, operatingsystem software, middleware, firmware, software modules, routines,subroutines, functions, methods, procedures, software interfaces,application program interfaces (API), instruction sets, computer code,computer code segments, words, values, symbols, or any combinationthereof. Determining when an embodiment is implemented using hardwareelements and/or software elements may vary in accordance with any numberof factors, such as desired computational rate, power levels, heattolerances, processing cycle budget, input data rates, output datarates, memory resources, data bus speeds and other design or performanceconstraints.

One or more aspects of at least one embodiment may be implemented byrepresentative instructions stored on a machine-readable medium whichrepresents various logic within the processor, which when read by amachine causes the machine to fabricate logic to perform the techniquesdescribed herein. Such representations, known as “IP cores,” may bestored on a tangible, machine readable medium and supplied to variouscustomers or manufacturing facilities to load into the fabricationmachines that make the logic or processor. Of note, various embodimentsdescribed herein may, of course, be implemented using any appropriatehardware and/or computing software languages (e.g., C++, Objective-C,Swift, Java, JavaScript, Python, Perl, QT, etc.).

In some embodiments, one or more of illustrative computer-based systemsor platforms of the present disclosure may include or be incorporated,partially or entirely into at least one personal computer (PC), laptopcomputer, ultra-laptop computer, tablet, touch pad, portable computer,handheld computer, palmtop computer, personal digital assistant (PDA),cellular telephone, combination cellular telephone/PDA, television,smart device (e.g., smart phone, smart tablet or smart television),mobile internet device (MID), messaging device, data communicationdevice, and so forth.

As used herein, the term “server” should be understood to refer to aservice point which provides processing, database, and communicationfacilities. By way of example, and not limitation, the term “server” canrefer to a single, physical processor with associated communications anddata storage and database facilities, or it can refer to a networked orclustered complex of processors and associated network and storagedevices, as well as operating software and one or more database systemsand application software that support the services provided by theserver. Cloud servers are examples.

In some embodiments, as detailed herein, one or more of thecomputer-based systems of the present disclosure may obtain, manipulate,transfer, store, transform, generate, and/or output any digital objectand/or data unit (e.g., from inside and/or outside of a particularapplication) that can be in any suitable form such as, withoutlimitation, a file, a contact, a task, an email, a message, a map, anentire application (e.g., a calculator), data points, and other suitabledata. In some embodiments, as detailed herein, one or more of thecomputer-based systems of the present disclosure may be implementedacross one or more of various computer platforms such as, but notlimited to: (1) FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD; (2) Linux; (3) MicrosoftWindows™; (4) OpenVMS™; (5) OS X (MacOS™); (6) UNIX™; (7) Android; (8)iOS™; (9) Embedded Linux; (10) Tizen™; (11) WebOS™; (12) Adobe AIR™;(13) Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless (BREW™); (14) Cocoa™ (API);(15) Cocoa™ Touch; (16) Java™ Platforms; (17) JavaFX™; (18) QNX™; (19)Mono; (20) Google Blink; (21) Apple WebKit; (22) Mozilla Gecko™; (23)Mozilla XUL; (24) .NET Framework; (25) Silverlight™; (26) Open WebPlatform; (27) Oracle Database; (28) Qt™; (29) SAP NetWeaver™; (30)Smartface™; (31) Vexi™; (32) Kubernetes™ and (33) Windows Runtime(WinRT™) or other suitable computer platforms or any combinationthereof. In some embodiments, illustrative computer-based systems orplatforms of the present disclosure may be configured to utilizehardwired circuitry that may be used in place of or in combination withsoftware instructions to implement features consistent with principlesof the disclosure. Thus, implementations consistent with principles ofthe disclosure are not limited to any specific combination of hardwarecircuitry and software. For example, various embodiments may be embodiedin many different ways as a software component such as, withoutlimitation, a stand-alone software package, a combination of softwarepackages, or it may be a software package incorporated as a “tool” in alarger software product.

For example, exemplary software specifically programmed in accordancewith one or more principles of the present disclosure may bedownloadable from a network, for example, a website, as a stand-aloneproduct or as an add-in package for installation in an existing softwareapplication. For example, exemplary software specifically programmed inaccordance with one or more principles of the present disclosure mayalso be available as a client-server software application, or as aweb-enabled software application. For example, exemplary softwarespecifically programmed in accordance with one or more principles of thepresent disclosure may also be embodied as a software package installedon a hardware device.

In some embodiments, illustrative computer-based systems or platforms ofthe present disclosure may be configured to handle numerous concurrenttransactions and/or users that may be, but is not limited to, at least100 (e.g., but not limited to, 100-999), at least 1,000 (e.g., but notlimited to, 1,000-9,999), at least 10,000 (e.g., but not limited to,10,000-99,999), at least 100,000 (e.g., but not limited to,100,000-999,999), at least 1,000,000 (e.g., but not limited to,1,000,000-9,999,999), at least 10,000,000 (e.g., but not limited to,10,000,000-99,999,999), at least 100,000,000 (e.g., but not limited to,100,000,000-999,999,999), at least 1,000,000,000 (e.g., but not limitedto, 1,000,000,000-999,999,999,999), and so on.

As used herein, the term “mobile electronic device,” or the like, mayrefer to any portable electronic device that may or may not be enabledwith location tracking functionality (e.g., MAC address, InternetProtocol (IP) address, or the like). For example, a mobile electronicdevice can include, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, PersonalDigital Assistant (PDA), Blackberry™, Pager, Smartphone, or any otherreasonable mobile electronic device.

In some embodiments, the term “location data 116” may refer to any formof location tracking technology or locating method that can be used toprovide a location of, for example, a particular computing device,system or platform of the present disclosure and any associatedcomputing devices, based at least in part on one or more of thefollowing techniques and devices, without limitation: accelerometer(s),gyroscope(s), Global Positioning Systems (GPS); GPS accessed usingBluetooth™; GPS accessed using any reasonable form of wireless andnon-wireless communication; WiFi™ server location data; Bluetooth™ basedlocation data; triangulation such as, but not limited to, network basedtriangulation, WiFi™ server information based triangulation, Bluetooth™server information based triangulation; Cell Identification basedtriangulation, Enhanced Cell Identification based triangulation,Uplink-Time difference of arrival (U-TDOA) based triangulation, Time ofarrival (TOA) based triangulation, Angle of arrival (AOA) basedtriangulation; techniques and systems using a geographic coordinatesystem such as, but not limited to, longitudinal and latitudinal based,geodesic height based, Cartesian coordinates based; Radio FrequencyIdentification such as, but not limited to, Long range RFID, Short rangeRFID; using any form of RFID tag such as, but not limited to active RFIDtags, passive RFID tags, battery assisted passive RFID tags; or anyother reasonable way to determine location. For ease, at times the abovevariations are not listed or are only partially listed; this is in noway meant to be a limitation.

As used herein, the terms “cloud,” “Internet cloud,” “cloud computing,”“cloud architecture,” and similar terms correspond to at least one ofthe following: (1) a large number of computers connected through areal-time communication network (e.g., Internet); (2) providing theability to run a program or application on many connected computers(e.g., physical machines, virtual machines (VMs)) at the same time; (3)network-based services, which appear to be provided by real serverhardware, and are in fact served up by virtual hardware (e.g., virtualservers), simulated by software running on one or more real machines(e.g., allowing to be moved around and scaled up (or down) on the flywithout affecting the end user).

In some embodiments, the illustrative computer-based systems orplatforms of the present disclosure may be configured to securely storeand/or transmit data by utilizing one or more of encryption techniques(e.g., private/public key pair, Triple Data Encryption Standard (3DES),block cipher algorithms (e.g., IDEA, RC2, RCS, CAST and Skipjack),cryptographic hash algorithms (e.g., MD5, RIPEMD-160, RTRO, SHA-1,SHA-2, Tiger (TTH), WHIRLPOOL, RNGs).

As used herein, the term “user” shall have a meaning of at least oneuser. In some embodiments, the terms “user”, “subscriber” “consumer” or“customer” should be understood to refer to a user of an application orapplications as described herein and/or a consumer of data supplied by adata provider. By way of example, and not limitation, the terms “user”or “subscriber” can refer to a person who receives data provided by thedata or service provider over the Internet in a browser session, or canrefer to an automated software application which receives the data andstores or processes the data.

The aforementioned examples are, of course, illustrative and notrestrictive.

At least some aspects of the present disclosure will now be describedwith reference to the following numbered clauses.

Clause 1. A method comprising:

-   -   receiving, by at least one processor, location data from a        computing device associated with a user, wherein the physical        location data represents a physical location of the computing        device;    -   utilizing, by the at least one processor, a data profile        classification machine learning model to classify a particular        data profile according to a data profile classification type        based at least in part on a history of data entries associated        with the particular data profile when the physical location is        within a predetermined proximity of another physical location        associated with the particular data profile;        -   wherein the data profile classification machine learning            model comprises a plurality of classification parameters            trained to identify similar entities based at least in part            on data profile-related data entries;        -   wherein the data profile-related data entries represent data            profile-related electronic activities and data            profile-related electronic activity reversals;    -   determining, by the at least one processor, a reversal rate of        data entries in the history of data entries for the particular        data profile;    -   determining, by the at least one processor, an electronic        activity reversal ranking of the data entries in the history of        data entries for the particular data profile based at least in        part on the reversal rate and the data profile classification        type;    -   determining, by the at least one processor, an electronic        activity reversal restriction where the electronic activity        reversal ranking is below a predetermined value; and    -   generating, by the at least one processor, a computer        instruction to the computing device to cause a pop-up        notification comprising the electronic activity reversal        restriction of the particular data profile to be presented to        the user.        Clause 2. A system comprising:    -   at least one processor configured to execute computer        instructions that cause the at least one processor to perform        steps to:        -   receive location data from a computing device associated            with a user, wherein the physical location data represents a            physical location of the computing device;        -   utilize a data profile classification machine learning model            to classify a particular data profile according to a data            profile classification type based at least in part on a            history of data entries associated with the particular data            profile when the physical location is within a predetermined            proximity of another physical location associated with the            particular data profile;            -   wherein the data profile classification machine learning                model comprises a plurality of classification parameters                trained to identify similar entities based at least in                part on data profile-related data entries;            -   wherein the data profile-related data entries represent                data profile-related electronic activities and data                profile-related electronic activity reversals;        -   determine a reversal rate of data entries in the history of            data entries for the particular data profile;        -   determine an electronic activity reversal ranking of the            data entries in the history of data entries for the            particular data profile based at least in part on the            reversal rate and the data profile classification type;        -   determine an electronic activity reversal restriction where            the electronic activity reversal ranking is below a            predetermined value; and        -   generate a computer instruction to the computing device to            cause a pop-up notification comprising the electronic            activity reversal restriction of the particular data profile            to be presented to the user.            Clause 3. A method comprising:    -   receiving, by at least one processor, web browsing data from a        computing device associated with a user, wherein the web        browsing data represents a website visited by the computing        device;    -   utilizing, by the at least one processor, a data profile        classification machine learning model to classify the particular        data profile according to a data profile classification type        based at least in part on a history of data entries associated        with the particular data profile when the web browsing data        represents the website matching a data profile website        associated with a particular data profile;        -   wherein the data profile classification machine learning            model comprises a plurality of classification parameters            trained to identify similar entities based at least in part            on data profile-related data entries;        -   wherein the data profile-related data entries represent data            profile-related electronic activities and data            profile-related electronic activity reversals;    -   determining, by the at least one processor, a reversal rate of        data entries in the history of data entries for the particular        data profile;    -   determining, by the at least one processor, an electronic        activity reversal ranking of the data entries in the history of        data entries for the particular data profile based at least in        part on the reversal rate and the data profile classification        type;    -   determining, by the at least one processor, an electronic        activity reversal restriction where the electronic activity        reversal ranking is below a predetermined value; and    -   generating, by the at least one processor, a computer        instruction to the computing device to cause a pop-up        notification comprising the electronic activity reversal        restriction of the particular data profile.        Clause 4. The methods and systems of clauses 1, 2 and/or 3,        further comprising:    -   accessing, by the at least one processor, the data        profile-related data entries of each data profile in a set of        entities;    -   extracting, by the at least one processor, electronic activity        features from each data profile-related data entry;    -   determining, by the at least one processor, a set of reversal        data entries representing reversed electronic activities based        at least in part on the electronic activity features from each        data profile related data entry; and    -   training, by the at least one processor, the classification        parameters of the data profile classification machine learning        model to correlate the electronic activity features of a subset        of the entities in the set of the entities to electronic        activity reversal opportunities based at least in part on the        set of reversal data entries.        Clause 5. The methods and systems of clauses 1, 2 and/or 3,        further comprising:    -   accessing, by the at least one processor, the data        profile-related data entries of each data profile in a set of        entities;    -   accessing, by the at least one processor, dispute data entries        representing disputed data profile-related data entries of the        data profile-related data entries;    -   extracting, by the at least one processor, electronic activity        features from each data profile-related data entry;    -   determining, by the at least one processor, a set of reversal        data entries representing reversed electronic activities based        at least in part on the electronic activity features from each        data profile related data entry; and    -   training, by the at least one processor, the classification        parameters of the data profile classification machine learning        model to correlate the electronic activity features and the        dispute data entries of a subset of the entities in the set of        the entities to electronic activity reversal opportunities based        at least in part on the set of reversal data entries.        Clause 6. The methods and systems of clauses 1, 2 and/or 3,        wherein the particular data profile comprises a merchant and the        data profile-related data entries comprise transaction records.        Clause 7. The methods and systems of clause 6, wherein data        profile-related electronic activities comprise transactions        associated with the transaction records and data profile-related        electronic activity reversals comprise refunds for one or more        transactions of the data profile-related electronic activities.        Clause 8. The methods and systems of clauses 1, 2 and/or 3,        wherein the data profile classification machine learning model        comprises a clustering model.        Clause 9. The methods and systems of clauses 1, 2 and/or 3,        further comprising:    -   receiving, by the at least one processor, user feedback data        representing user feedback indicating the electronic activity        reversal restriction; and    -   training, by the at least one processor, the classification        parameters of the data profile classification machine learning        model based at least in part on the data profile classification        type and the user feedback data.

While one or more embodiments of the present disclosure have beendescribed, it is understood that these embodiments are illustrativeonly, and not restrictive, and that many modifications may becomeapparent to those of ordinary skill in the art, including that variousembodiments of the inventive methodologies, the illustrative systems andplatforms, and the illustrative devices described herein can be utilizedin any combination with each other. Further still, the various steps maybe carried out in any desired order (and any desired steps may be addedand/or any desired steps may be eliminated).

What is claimed is:
 1. A method comprising: receiving, by at least oneprocessor, location data from a computing device associated with a user,wherein the location data represents a physical location of thecomputing device; utilizing, by the at least one processor, a dataprofile classification machine learning model to classify a particulardata profile according to a data profile classification type based atleast in part on a history of data entries associated with theparticular data profile when the physical location is within apredetermined proximity of another physical location associated with theparticular data profile; wherein the data profile classification machinelearning model comprises a plurality of classification parameterstrained to identify similar entities based at least in part on dataprofile-related data entries; wherein the data profile-related dataentries represent data profile-related electronic activities and dataprofile-related electronic activity reversals; determining, by the atleast one processor, a reversal rate of data entries in the history ofdata entries for the particular data profile; determining, by the atleast one processor, an electronic activity reversal ranking of the dataentries in the history of data entries for the particular data profilebased at least in part on the reversal rate and the data profileclassification type; determining, by the at least one processor, anelectronic activity reversal restriction where the electronic activityreversal ranking is below a predetermined value; and generating, by theat least one processor, a computer instruction to the computing deviceto cause a pop-up notification comprising the electronic activityreversal restriction of the particular data profile to be presented tothe user.
 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising: accessing, bythe at least one processor, the data profile-related data entries ofeach data profile in a set of entities; extracting, by the at least oneprocessor, electronic activity features from each data profile-relateddata entry; determining, by the at least one processor, a set ofreversal data entries representing reversed electronic activities basedat least in part on the electronic activity features from each dataprofile related data entry; and training, by the at least one processor,the plurality of classification parameters of the data profileclassification machine learning model to correlate the electronicactivity features of a plurality of data profiles to electronic activityreversal opportunities based at least in part on the set of reversaldata entries.
 3. The method of claim 1, further comprising: accessing,by the at least one processor, the data profile-related data entries ofeach data profile in a set of entities; accessing, by the at least oneprocessor, dispute data entries representing disputed dataprofile-related data entries of the data profile-related data entries;extracting, by the at least one processor, electronic activity featuresfrom each data profile-related data entry; determining, by the at leastone processor, a set of reversal data entries representing reversedelectronic activities based at least in part on the electronic activityfeatures from each data profile related data entry; and training, by theat least one processor, the plurality of classification parameters ofthe data profile classification machine learning model to correlate theelectronic activity features and the dispute data entries of a pluralityof data profiles to electronic activity reversal opportunities based atleast in part on the set of reversal data entries.
 4. The method ofclaim 1, wherein the particular data profile comprises a merchant andthe data profile-related data entries comprise transaction records. 5.The method of claim 4, wherein data profile-related electronicactivities comprise transactions associated with the transaction recordsand data profile-related electronic activity reversals comprise refundsfor one or more transactions of the data profile-related electronicactivities.
 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the data profileclassification machine learning model comprises a clustering model. 7.The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving, by the at leastone processor, user feedback data representing user feedback indicatingthe electronic activity reversal restriction; and training, by the atleast one processor, the plurality of classification parameters of thedata profile classification machine learning model based at least inpart on the data profile classification type and the user feedback data.8. A method comprising: receiving, by at least one processor, webbrowsing data from a computing device associated with a user, whereinthe web browsing data represents a website visited by the computingdevice; utilizing, by the at least one processor, a data profileclassification machine learning model to classify a particular dataprofile according to a data profile classification type based at leastin part on a history of data entries associated with the particular dataprofile when the web browsing data represents the website matching adata profile website associated with a particular data profile; whereinthe data profile classification machine learning model comprises aplurality of classification parameters trained to identify similarentities based at least in part on data profile-related data entries;wherein the data profile-related data entries represent dataprofile-related electronic activities and data profile-relatedelectronic activity reversals; determining, by the at least oneprocessor, a reversal rate of data entries in the history of dataentries for the particular data profile; determining, by the at leastone processor, an electronic activity reversal ranking of the dataentries in the history of data entries for the particular data profilebased at least in part on the reversal rate and the data profileclassification type; determining, by the at least one processor, anelectronic activity reversal restriction where the electronic activityreversal ranking is below a predetermined value; and generating, by theat least one processor, a computer instruction to the computing deviceto cause a pop-up notification comprising the electronic activityreversal restriction of the particular data profile.
 9. The method ofclaim 8, further comprising: accessing, by the at least one processor,the data profile-related data entries of each data profile in a set ofentities; extracting, by the at least one processor, electronic activityfeatures from each data profile-related data entry; determining, by theat least one processor, a set of reversal data entries representingreversed electronic activities based at least in part on the electronicactivity features from each data profile related data entry; andtraining, by the at least one processor, the plurality of classificationparameters of the data profile classification machine learning model tocorrelate the electronic activity features of a plurality of dataprofiles to electronic activity reversal opportunities based at least inpart on the set of reversal data entries.
 10. The method of claim 8,further comprising: accessing, by the at least one processor, the dataprofile-related data entries of each data profile in a set of entities;accessing, by the at least one processor, dispute data entriesrepresenting disputed data profile-related data entries of the dataprofile-related data entries; extracting, by the at least one processor,electronic activity features from each data profile-related data entry;determining, by the at least one processor, a set of reversal dataentries representing reversed electronic activities based at least inpart on the electronic activity features from each data profile relateddata entry; and training, by the at least one processor, the pluralityof classification parameters of the data profile classification machinelearning model to correlate the electronic activity features and thedispute data entries of a plurality of data profiles to electronicactivity reversal opportunities based at least in part on the set ofreversal data entries.
 11. The method of claim 8, wherein the particulardata profile comprises a merchant and the data profile-related dataentries comprise transaction records.
 12. The method of claim 11,wherein data profile-related electronic activities comprise transactionsassociated with the transaction records and data profile-relatedelectronic activity reversals comprise refunds for one or moretransactions of the data profile-related electronic activities.
 13. Themethod of claim 8, wherein the data profile classification machinelearning model comprises a clustering model.
 14. The method of claim 8,further comprising: receiving, by the at least one processor, userfeedback data representing user feedback indicating the electronicactivity reversal restriction; and training, by the at least oneprocessor, the plurality of classification parameters of the dataprofile classification machine learning model based at least in part onthe data profile classification type and the user feedback data.
 15. Asystem comprising: at least one processor configured to execute computerinstructions that cause the at least one processor to perform steps to:receive location data from a computing device associated with a user,wherein the location data represents a physical location of thecomputing device; utilize a data profile classification machine learningmodel to classify a particular data profile according to a data profileclassification type based at least in part on a history of data entriesassociated with the particular data profile when the physical locationis within a predetermined proximity of another physical locationassociated with the particular data profile; wherein the data profileclassification machine learning model comprises a plurality ofclassification parameters trained to identify similar entities based atleast in part on data profile-related data entries; wherein the dataprofile-related data entries represent data profile-related electronicactivities and data profile-related electronic activity reversals;determine a reversal rate of data entries in the history of data entriesfor the particular data profile; determine an electronic activityreversal ranking of the data entries in the history of data entries forthe particular data profile based at least in part on the reversal rateand the data profile classification type; determine an electronicactivity reversal restriction where the electronic activity reversalranking is below a predetermined value; and generate a computerinstruction to the computing device to cause a pop-up notificationcomprising the electronic activity reversal restriction of theparticular data profile to be presented to the user.
 16. The system ofclaim 15, wherein the at least one processor is further configured toexecute computer instructions that cause the at least one processor toperform further steps to: access the data profile-related data entriesof each data profile in a set of entities; extract electronic activityfeatures from each data profile-related data entry; determine a set ofreversal data entries representing reversed electronic activities basedat least in part on the electronic activity features from each dataprofile related data entry; and train the plurality of classificationparameters of the data profile classification machine learning model tocorrelate the electronic activity features of a plurality of dataprofiles to electronic activity reversal opportunities based at least inpart on the set of reversal data entries.
 17. The system of claim 15,wherein the at least one processor is further configured to executecomputer instructions that cause the at least one processor to performfurther steps to: access the data profile-related data entries of eachdata profile in a set of entities; access dispute data entriesrepresenting disputed data profile-related data entries of the dataprofile-related data entries; extract electronic activity features fromeach data profile-related data entry; determine a set of reversal dataentries representing reversed electronic activities based at least inpart on the electronic activity features from each data profile relateddata entry; and train the plurality of classification parameters of thedata profile classification machine learning model to correlate theelectronic activity features and the dispute data entries of a pluralityof data profiles to electronic activity reversal opportunities based atleast in part on the set of reversal data entries.
 18. The system ofclaim 15, wherein the particular data profile comprises a merchant andthe data profile-related data entries comprise transaction records. 19.The system of claim 15, wherein the data profile classification machinelearning model comprises a clustering model.
 20. The system of claim 15,wherein the at least one processor is further configured to executecomputer instructions that cause the at least one processor to performfurther steps to: receive user feedback data representing user feedbackindicating the electronic activity reversal restriction; and train theplurality of classification parameters of the data profileclassification machine learning model based at least in part on the dataprofile classification type and the user feedback data.